chat "fails to get ready" then window goes blank after hitting retry

[joshribakoff-sm]

Type: Bug

don't know, this editor is on fire (in a bad way). to me, it looks like stuff is constantly breaking with no rhyme or reason.

Extension version: 0.33.5
VS Code version: Code 1.106.3 (Universal) (bf9252a, 2025-11-25T22:28:18.024Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 24.6.0
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